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OET (OET-RV) Who has enough wisdom to number the clouds,
⇔ ≈and who will tip over the water jars of the sky
OET-LV Who will_he_count [the]_clouds in/on/at/with_wisdom and_water_jars of_heaven who will_he_make_to_lie_down.
UHB מִֽי־יְסַפֵּ֣ר שְׁחָקִ֣ים בְּחָכְמָ֑ה וְנִבְלֵ֥י שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם מִ֣י יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃ ‡
(miy-yəşapēr shəḩāqim bəḩākəmāh vəniⱱlēy shāmayim miy yashkiyⱱ.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Who by wisdom will number the clouds?
⇔ Or the water skins of the skies, who will tilt
UST Are you able to count how many clouds there are?
⇔ Can you make it rain
BSB Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
⇔ Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
OEB Who spreadeth the clouds out in wisdom?
⇔ Who tilteth the pitchers of heaven,
WEB Who can count the clouds by wisdom?
⇔ Or who can pour out the containers of the sky,
WMB (Same as above)
NET Who by wisdom can count the clouds,
⇔ and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,
LSV Who numbers the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens,
Who causes to lie down,
FBV Who is clever enough to count the clouds? Who can turn heaven's water jars on their sides
T4T And who is skilled/wise enough to be able to count the clouds?
⇔ Who can tilt the jugs of water in the sky to cause the rain to fall,
LEB • the clouds with wisdom? Or[fn] who can tilt heaven’s jars,
?:? Hebrew “And”
BBE By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,
MOF No MOF JOB book available
JPS Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
ASV Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
⇔ Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
DRA Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?
YLT Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,
DBY Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,
RV Who can number the clouds by wisdom? or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
WBS Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
KJB-1769 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,[fn]
38.37 stay: Heb. cause to lie down
KJB-1611 [fn]Who can number the cloudes in wisedome? or who can stay the bottles of heauen,
(Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,)
38:37 Heb. who can cause to lie downe.
BB Who numbreth the cloudes in wysdome? who stilleth the vehement waters of the heauen?
(Who numbreth the clouds in wisdom? who stilleth the vehement waters of the heaven?)
GNV Who can nomber cloudes by wisedome? or who can cause to cease the bottels of heaue,
(Who can number clouds by wisdom? or who can cause to cease the bottels of heaven, )
CB who nombreth the cloudes in wisdome? who stilleth ye vehement waters of the heaue?
(who numberth the clouds in wisdome? who stilleth ye/you_all vehement waters of the heaven?)
WYC Who schal telle out the resoun of heuenes, and who schal make acordyng of heuene to sleep?
(Who shall telle out the resoun of heavens, and who shall make acordyng of heaven to sleep?)
LUT Wer ist so weise, der die Wolken erzählen könnte? Wer kann die Wasserschläuche am Himmel verstopfen,
(Who is so weise, the the Wolken erzählen könnte? Who kann the waterschläuche in/at/on_the heaven verstopfen,)
CLV Quis enarrabit cælorum rationem? et concentum cæli quis dormire faciet?
(Who enarrabit cælorum rationem? and concentum cæli who/any dormire faciet? )
BRN And who is he that numbers the clouds in wisdom, and has bowed the heaven down to the earth?
BrLXX Τίς δὲ ὁ ἀριθμῶν νέφη σοφίᾳ, οὐρανὸν δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔκλινε;
(Tis de ho arithmōn nefaʸ sofia, ouranon de eis gaʸn ekline; )
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְנִבְלֵ֥י שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם מִ֣י יַשְׁכִּֽיב
and,water_jars heavens who? tilt
Yahweh is speaking of the clouds in the skies as if they were water skins, containers for liquid made of animals skins, like the wineskins that Elihu described in 32:19. When Yahweh asks who will tilt these water skins, he means who will tip them over so that they pour out their contents. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Or who will make the clouds pour out water onto the earth”